Two former Parramatta Eels players are accused of harbouring semi-automatic weapons and possessing more than half-a-million dollars in cash after dramatic arrests in Sydney's Centennial Park yesterday.

Perth man charged over daylight robbery

A man who threatened staff with an axe during a daylight robbery at a Perth jewellery store has been denied bail.

Police allege the 21-year-old Bentley man entered the Victoria Park store on Monday, smashed a display cabinet with an axe and removed a piece of jewellery and then used the axe to threaten staff as he fled.

He was refused bail on Saturday and has been remanded in custody to appear in the Perth Magistrates Court on July 8.